Preparation and performance characteristics of an environmentally-friendly agglomerant to improve the dry dust removal effect for filter material

The incomplete and uneven dust removal of a pulse filter greatly reduces the dust removal efficiency, which affects the efficiency, service life, and running resistance of dust removers. Therefore, due to improve the pulse cleaning effect, an agglomerant developed by free radical polymerization was added during dust removal. The optimal process conditions were determined by measuring the viscosity, surface tension, and atomization effect of the agglomerant solution. The phases, chemical composition, surface morphology, and morphology of the agglomerant and coal dust were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. Molecular dynamics simulations were used to study the interaction mechanism between the agglomerant and coal dust. Finally, the dust removal performance under water mist conditions and agglomerate solution atomization was tested using a pulse filter. The results showed that a 0.3 % agglomerant solution effectively reduced the surface tension of the solution and displayed good wetting and bonding properties. Compared with water misting, the agglomerant solution subjected to an atomization rate of 2400 m3/h prolonged the filtration period, reduced the filtration resistance, and reduced the dust emission concentration. These results have important theoretical and practical significance for improving the dust removal effect of pulse filters.